I’ve seen a lot about European air travel, but what about the people who live in Iceland?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/15/iceland-volcano-eruption-ash-earthquake
I haven’t seen any movement for aid or help for them. like we’ve seen for Haiti. A lot of them are homeless, now.
Iceland is pretty sparsely populated and the ash is flowing away from the island. They evacuated about 800 people but there isn’t a lot more they can do.
Also they have plenty of experience with this sort of thing. Back in the late 60 or early 70s the capitol city was threatened by a lava flow and they managed to redirect it and even used it as some kind of harbor wall.
It says that “Mercifully” the ash fell on farmers and farmland. Not on the apparently more important city. Sheesh.
I haven’t seen any movement for aid or help for them. like we’ve seen for Haiti. A lot of them are homeless, now.
They’re White.
There are about 320,000 Icelanders. I think, so far, most are unaffected by the ash or flooding. The ash is blowing away from Iceland presently.
It's a whole new story if Katla blows though...And, it has done so the last three times this one has erupted. There could be more 'sparks' in the future.